Category: Ag News
Nov 22
FAPC Spotlights 2025 Food Trends
Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center explores the future of flavor with a look into some of the 2025 food trends. The culinary landscape is buzzing with new trends, some familiar and others emerging as frontrunners in the industry. Social media has played a powerful role, catapulting certain foods to popularity overnight …
Nov 22
A Packed Agenda and Exhibitor List at the 2024 Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show
The Amarillo Farm & Ranch Show, slated for Dec. 3-5, at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas, will return with over four hundred exhibiting companies and a full schedule of opportunities for ag producers to gain certifications and knowledge to help grow their operations. This popular trade show is back again in 2024 for …
Nov 22
Denver, Sonoma, Berkeley: How Ballot Initiatives Are Impacting Animal Agriculture
On November 5, several ballot initiatives around the country pertained to animal agriculture, at least three of which were front and center to the Animal Agricultural Alliance (AAA). On today’s BeefBuzz, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with Hannah Thompson Wieman President and CEO of the AAA about the three major ballot …
Nov 22
Smithfield Foods Donates 50,000 Pounds of Protein to Mayflower Marathon Holiday Food and Fund Drive
Smithfield Foods provided 50,000 pounds of protein to the 28th Annual Mayflower Marathon Food and Fund Drive to benefit the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank and Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. “Smithfield Foods is honored to continue our support for the Mayflower Marathon, which makes a real difference for many local families and individuals facing food insecurity this …
Nov 22
USDA Announces Investments for Tribal Communities and Acequias and Finalizes Agreements with Irrigation Districts to Produce Water-Saving Commodities
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced next steps and selections within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Water-Saving Commodities program to support agricultural commodity production while reducing water losses in communities across the West. Today, USDA is announcing the preliminary selection of three Congressionally-authorized Indian Irrigation Projects supported by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau …
Nov 22
NPPC Celebrates Senate Passage of Beagle Brigade Act, Urges House Passage
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) celebrated the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of S.759, the Beagle Brigade Act, which provides statutory authority and reliable funding to the National Detector Dog Training Center. “American agriculture relies on the National Detector Dog Training Center to prevent the introduction of foreign animal and plant diseases that would cripple our …
Nov 22
Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program launches rural development masterclass series
The Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerators program has announced the launch of In the Weeds, a rural development masterclass program for entrepreneurs and business owners across Oklahoma. In the Weeds is designed for rural entrepreneurs looking to hone and refine their businesses, their innovation pitches and learn more about the numerous Oklahoma-based business …
Nov 22
Bob Rodenberger Sees Surge in Calf Market Prices
KC Sheperd, Farm Director, is back talking with Bob Rodenberger, a Stockman Oklahoma Livestock Marketing partner, as he gives the latest on the cattle markets. Rodenberger noted that the calf market has increased significantly due to recent rainfall, while feeder markets have remained stable, although runs have been down. “In the last two weeks since …
Nov 22
Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Activate Oklahoma: Boosting Rural Startups
While attending the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Convention, Farm Director KC Sheperd caught up with Farm Bureau’s Rural Economic Development Coordinator Amarie Bartel to talk about the Activate Oklahoma programs and more. Activate Oklahoma is an Oklahoma Grassroots Rural and Ag Business Accelerator pipeline which is essentially a program designed to help startup companies reach profitability …
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